The expedition failed to do it is first eager plan. Anson’s poorly-furnished squadron cruised later than meant, with just six warships: HMS Centurion (lead), Gloucester, Severn, Pearl, Wager, and the sloop Tryal, in addition to the two store sends Anna and Industry.

Successive fiascos inevitably diminished his strength to unequivocally Centurion. Two of his vessels, Pearl and Severn, could not adjust the Horn and reverted home. HMS Wager was wrecked off the bank of Chile, where the group consequently mutinied (see the Wager Mutiny).